ID H0874

Youth service organizations must conduct registered sex offender checks (state and national databases) on all youth workers before employment or volunteer service begins.

Youth workers are defined as adults 18+ who have regular, repeated supervision of children for more than 6 hours in any 24-hour period or on more than one day within 12 months.

Organizations must provide mandatory training on sexual abuse identification and reporting every 24 months, covering grooming behaviors, mandatory reporting requirements, and internal reporting procedures.

Beginning July 1, 2026, organizations are automatically considered negligent in abuse lawsuits if they failed to conduct sex offender checks or employed someone found on the registry.

Insurers may request compliance documentation or require proof of compliance as a condition for providing liability coverage to youth service organizations.